bersani with the agreement with angela merkel. i don't think mario monti has hidden the fact that he's concerned about the influence, particularly the power of the union on the democratic party. if we look on the german side, the foreign minister said what they want ultimately is a party that's going to continue with the reforms, that's going to continue with the fiscal consolidation. i'm not sure there's anything new here. perhaps an argument, too, where angela merkel is concerned, the power she would least like to see in power is the -- in a few months time. we've talked a lot about politics. i want to get a sense of, too, the voice of the business in terms of what they need to see after this election. and i spoke to the ceo of the largest retail bank here in san paolo and we talked about this idea of reforms and a mandate for change. germany arguably had schroeder. i asked whether perhaps the most influential and important italian doesn't actually sit in this cup, but he sits at the head of the ecb. listen to what was said. >>